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Sabatia brevifolia
Shortleaf rose gentian is a small white-flowered annual wildflower of the gentian family, native to the southeastern United States. It grows best in consistently moist, sunny sites such as wet flatwoods and savannahs.
Sabatia brevifolia, commonly known as shortleaf or short-leaved rose gentian (or rose-gentian), narrowleaf or narrow-leaved sabatia, white marsh-pink or white sabatia, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Sabatia and the family Gentianaceae. It is an annual that grows in moist flatwoods and savannahs. It grows from 1–3 feet tall and the flowers have five white petals with pointed tips.
In the United States it grows in the states of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and Alabama.
Rosepink · Pelton's Rose Gentian · Coastal rose gentian · Slender rose gentian · Texas star · Appalachian rose gentian · Marsh rose gentian · Largeflower rose gentian · Plymouth rose gentian · Fourangle rose gentian · Rose of Plymouth · Rose gentian
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
